Nice to speak to a few people again down there on wednesday. I was following COSSIENUTS & RACEY home giving it a bit of large in my 4x4 Saffy, (BTW both your cars are running sweet) when all of a sudden, TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP! with a slight missfire!



OH MY GOD!

PANIC!


I pulled into the Esso garage at Raleigh Weir fearing the worst, it sounded horrible and was deffinatly coming from the top end. I'm hoping i have knackered a tappet which, i'm PRAYING would cause a slight miss. So i've got some new tappets on order, i was just wondering what you guys thought?

 

sorry to hear about yours mate.


think its the southend curse


everytime i go to take mine down there something always happens,

1st time cps sensor failed
2nd time gearbox went
3rd dont think there will be a 3rd, wont chance it

 

Dont sound good mate, cant agree on the curse tho, I often make the drive down from cambridge without a hitch

 

show off

 

Had the same thing, was have a little play up and down when got the funny tapping sound, spoke to dave & nick at PF and they thought it was a lifter, toldthem this was a car that manages to fix itself tried a bit later still the same thing, tried about 30mins later running sweet as a nut

Still think I need some anti pump lifters for it though

hope it's nothing too serious.

Did you not go in the end Gus

 

yeah but took the work van, couldnt give a monkey if the engine gives in that, been trying to blow it up for a month











it wont die

 

 

Ah the trusty van with the forest of magic tree's in there.

Still didn't see you down there although we only walked down to one end & that was it gave up after that.

 

yeah wasnt there for long i got a urgent phone call from a mate saying that he was getting the beers, so i had to leave.


didnt make bad time back to the pub either

 

quality

That's understandable. I still can't believe how many you got through at TOTB. every time we went to the car more & more beer come out. Big respect

 

Only because you don't pick any passengers up

 

I did Myself, my mate, oh and 4 x wheels n tryes

 

Thanks for the replies guys,

Lee, did your car have a very slight miss when it started ticking? Mine did but it was nowhere near as bad as if i pulled a plug lead off for example. Thats why i'm pretty sure it's one of the valves not opening properly. I'm hoping it's nothing else as all the normal signs of big damage are not apparent i.e smoke out the back or froth in the header tank e.t.c

Cheers,

Dave

 

well i just left to go southend about ten minutes later car over heated. pulled over let it cool down checked everything drove home bin fine since. wierd

 

Hmmmm, could be a sticky thermostat or something. was your radiator warm?

 

No probs with mine

 

yeah fukin baking temp just shot straight up when it cooled down it was fine but didnt want to chance it. Next month i'll be there even if i hitch hike